Volume 1 Catechumens Chapter 3 White Jade Building
As the first building in the southeast and the first store in the southeast, there is no plaque in the white jade building, but there is a copper coin carved with crystal warm white jade hanging next to the door, which is carved extremely exquisitely and meticulously, without half a point of vulgarity.
Wu Xie grabbed a long wooden box, looked up at the white jade copper coin, praised it twice, and was about to walk to the steps carved from white marble, but was stopped by the servant at the door.
"Stop this boy!" A tall man who was not like a servant but like a thug ran over and said loudly, "This is the White Jade Tower, not a place to watch and play!" ”
Wu Xie was stunned for a moment, and then explained: "I'm here to sell something." ”
Hearing this, the man's fierce face was a little better, but he showed a little suspicion, but there was no reason for the business to drive the guests out, and he couldn't stop the way anymore, so he had to admonish: "If you want to sell something, just go in and talk to a guy." The guests in this building are quite a bit of a bad temper, don't mess with them! ”
Wu Xie didn't expect this man to have a fierce face, but his mind was quite kind, he nodded with a smile, and Shi Shiran entered the door.
From the outside, the white jade building is indeed beautiful, but on the inside, it is actually nothing more than that. In Wu Jie's opinion, this white jade building is just to cover the goods with glass and put them in the hall to attract customers, most of the jewelry stores before he crossed over were like this, what is rare?
However, he forgot one thing, there is no technique of firing glass in this world, these transparent covers covering all kinds of treasures are all made of high-quality crystal polishing and splicing, and this process alone is not trivial!
Compared with these valuable crystal covers, the treasures under the covers are even more amazing, although nine out of ten are Wu Xie does not know, but it doesn't matter if you don't know them, they just look precious.
This is the so-called "I don't understand what's going on, but I think it's very powerful", or "I don't know it".
Most of the customers in the shop were dressed gorgeously, and even the guys were dressed in good silk shirts, and suddenly a young man in old clothes came in, which immediately attracted many surprised and contemptuous glances. A thin young man who looked like a gentleman walked over with an unkind expression, as if he probably wanted to drive Wu Xie out of the city, so as not to disturb the interest of the superior people.
Wu Xie was interested in wasting time with this kind of second goods, and with a slight force under his feet, the whole person passed around him like a ghost, and in a blink of an eye, he came to the corner of the White Jade Building, and found a middle-aged man who looked like a steward.
"May I ask if the gentleman is in charge of this place?"
The middle-aged man's eyes were also quite contemptuous and impatient at first, but when Wu Xie bypassed the gentleman in one step, his eyes were a little more vigilant. Seeing Wu Xie asking him, he nodded, but his eyes drifted to the door.
The vicious man who had tried to stop Wu Xie before was walking over.
Wu Xie didn't waste time, and said bluntly: "There is a treasure I want to sell." ”
The steward frowned, and regarded Wu Xie as a blackmail relying on his martial arts, and pretended to be calm and said: "Bai Yulou only does the business of rare treasures, if you want to sell family heirlooms, you should find a pawnshop." ”
"It's not unusual to have this treasure down there."
The steward shook his head and shouted to the door, "Lao Tian! ”
Seeing that the vicious-looking "Lao Tian" was about to arrive in front of him, Wu Xie frowned and opened the wooden box.
A strong medicinal fragrance came to the face, quickly spreading throughout the hall, and for a while, everyone in the hall couldn't help but turn their heads to look at this side.
At this time, the fierce-looking "Lao Tian" had already rushed over, grabbed Wu Jie's shoulder, and wanted to throw this rude boy out of the box, but found that the other party was like an iron tower, unable to shake it at all, and his face suddenly changed greatly.
Before he could make any more moves, the steward stood up with a look of astonishment, his eyes fixed on the contents of the wooden box, almost daring to pop out.
He was about to open his mouth to exclaim, but he immediately realized, covering his mouth with his hands, and not uttering the two troublesome words.
"Distinguished guests, please go upstairs and talk in detail!" The steward didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly led Wu Xie upstairs, but threw Lao Tian, who was full of suspicion, there.
When the two of them went up the white wooden staircase, Lao Tian shook his head and walked back to the gate.
It's just that his face was full of suspicion, and his mouth was still muttering: "What is the origin of this kid?" Why do I grab it like I'm on iron? Haven't I practiced this eagle claw skill at home? ”
Wu Xie held the king of ginseng in the wooden box, followed the steward to the second floor, and came to a small flower hall that was quite elegantly decorated.
"Please take a seat!" The smile on the steward's face can make the sculptor a model for the smiling bodhisattva, and the level of amiability is breathtaking.
Without waiting for Wu Xie to sit down, he commanded the maid at the door of the flower hall, and after a while, several women dressed in revealing faces came from nowhere, and they came over to serve the uncle.
Wu Xie was taken aback, he had seen this kind of scene in entertainment venues when he was doing business before, but that was a long, long time ago. Seeing that these women were about to come to the front, he suddenly blushed a little, and waved his hand again and again, asking the steward to hurry up and let these women out.
There was a trace of imperceptible surprise in the steward's eyes, he thought that this kind of fragrant array would definitely be able to deal with a dirt bun who had never seen the world, but he didn't expect that Wu Xie was not as anxious as an ordinary young man, and he couldn't help but look at him a little higher.
Strong in martial arts, full of strange treasures, and unmoved in the face of beauty, this young man's origin is only extraordinary!
He waved his hand to let these warblers and swallows out, and then asked, "Under the surname Zhao, just call me Lao Zhao." I don't know what to call this little brother? ”
Wu Xie breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "Xiaosheng's surname is Wu, and he is here...... Presumably Steward Zhao also understood? ”
"Just now, Zhao and Meng Lang asked Wu Gongzi to atone for his sins!" Zhao Guan stood up in advance to make amends, and then asked, "I just glanced at it just now, but I didn't see it clearly." I wonder if Wu Gongzi can let Zhao take a closer look at that treasure? ”
Wu Xie naturally didn't care, and opened the wooden box again.
In the wooden box is a ginseng of extremely high quality.
This ginseng is not only extremely thick and huge, but even more rare is that the limbs and facial features are extremely clear, and just looking at the face is like a human face statue. When the wooden box was covered, it was not obvious, but when the wooden box was opened, there was suddenly a strong fragrance spreading, and Steward Zhao just smelled this fragrance, and he felt refreshed, and the whole person seemed to be a few years younger.
"Sure enough, it's the legendary King of Ginseng!"
His eyes widened, and his breathing couldn't help but become a little heavier, until Wu Xie closed the wooden box, and he regained his composure. It's just that there is a faint layer of sweat on his forehead, and I can see how excited I was just now.
"Wu Gongzi, please take a break, Zhao has already sent someone to invite a master who specializes in medicinal materials, I believe he will be able to come soon. This product is not trivial, and it must be personally appraised by the master before it can be priced. ”
Wu Xie nodded in response: "Steward Zhao is reasonable. However, there are words in the next place, this deal is a bit too big for the next one, so I don't want too many people to know. ”
Steward Zhao nodded again and again, saw that the table was empty, and hurriedly called two dignified and elegant maids with clear eyebrows and elegant eyes to pour tea, and then asked them to also withdraw from the flower hall.
In the following period, he changed his method and inquired about the origin of the ginseng.
However, although Wu Xie is not good at this kind of witty tricks, he has the idea of winning over ingenuity with clumsiness, no matter what Steward Zhao asks, he avoids answering, and always prevaricates with the sentence "This thing came by accident, and the details are not enough for outsiders", and resolutely did not say anything about the actual content.
In the face of this situation, no matter how cunning Steward Zhao is, he can only be like a mouse pulling a turtle and has nowhere to start. After several battles, he never got half a sentence of valuable information from Wu Jie, so he could only smile secretly in his heart - the young people now are really amazing!
Soon after, the master in charge of identifying various medicinal materials in the White Jade Building came.
The master was quite old, and he was a little inflexible in his movements, and even had to be supported by a young man to walk. But when Wu Xie opened the box, when he saw the thick ginseng, he burst out with vitality comparable to that of a young and strong man in an instant!
"King Sam?!" The master picked up the ginseng almost at the speed of "grabbing", carefully studied it, turned it over and over again I don't know how many times, and gently bit a small piece of ginseng and savored it, and only then carefully put it back into the box, affirming its value with an excited voice.
Steward Zhao is actually a knowledgeable person, but in the face of this rare treasure, he still prefers to believe in the veteran experts. When the master confirmed the authenticity of King Shen, he couldn't sit still any longer, instructed the waiter to entertain Wu Xie well, and asked the master to wait here for a while, and then trotted out of the flower hall and ran towards the upper floor of the white jade building.
The stakes are high, and he must report to the proprietor as soon as possible!
Half an hour later, in a quiet attic in the imperial palace of Changning City, the proprietor of the contemporary White Jade Tower sent someone to invite a special subordinate.
"My lord, what do you command?" Outside the lilac curtain, a girl in a long green dress knelt down on one knee, bowing her head and waiting for the lord's order.
"Oops, oops...... How many times have I said it, don't be so serious ...... in private" The young woman's lazy and helpless voice came from inside the curtain, but as before, she was directly ignored by the girl in the green dress.
The man behind the curtain also knew that the other party would never listen to his advice, so he sighed and got down to business: "Just now, the steward of the shop on the island sent a message with a Tianyin magic device, saying that someone was selling a piece of ginseng. ”
The girl in the green dress shook her body, couldn't help but raise her head, and asked loudly, "King Sam?" What about the vintage? ”
The woman behind the curtain couldn't help laughing: "Sure enough, even if it's you, you will lose your temper when you encounter something that you really care about and are anxious about!" ”
The girl in the green dress suddenly blushed and was stunned.
"Okay, okay, no more laughing. According to the appraisal of the master of medicinal materials who specialize in this way, the ginseng king is in excellent condition, and the year is estimated to be around 200 years, which is the best among all medicines, and it is only one step away from going beyond the level of one product and stepping into the ranks of elixirs that can be called 'heavenly and earthly treasures'. Speaking of this rare treasure, the person behind the curtain who was accustomed to seeing treasures couldn't help but be a little excited, "And the master also judged that this king should be alive, if you can find a spiritual vein and plant it, it is possible to break through the limit and become a legendary elixir!" ”
"Elixir ......" The voice of the woman in the green dress was a little dry, this news was too shocking, Rao was already thinking that she would not be surprised anymore, and she couldn't help but be shocked at the moment.
"yes...... Bring the dead back to life and prolong life...... It can even make mortals reborn and cast spiritual veins, and from then on embark on the road of immortal paths......" The woman behind the curtain didn't know what she thought, and her words were a little embarrassed.
But she quickly returned to her usual languid tone: "I have ordered them to keep it a secret and not to leak it." But this kind of news ...... In case it slips out, it's really no joke! So...... You go and take it back from the store, transport it to the palace for spiritual vein cultivation, and then take care of it, and then the work of taking care of it will be handed over to you. ”
"Subordinates obey!"
After the girl in the green dress left, a soft sigh suddenly came from behind the curtain.
"You shouldn't do that." An old voice sounded abruptly, "The human heart cannot stand the test. ”
"Your old longevity is almost over, and the position of 'court master' cannot be left vacant forever, and among all the successors, I hope that she will inherit this position the most...... But how could the elders possibly agree without some testing of her? Could it be that by relying on my empty mouth and white teeth to give an order, can those old rivers and lakes who cherish their lives like gold be relieved to entrust their lives to her? Even if I can convince the Council of Elders, how can the Son of Heaven explain? And if she can't break through, wouldn't my Bai Yulou have to bow her head in front of Wanshouguan! ”
"This explanation is reasonable, but you and I both know that it is not true."
The woman behind the curtain was silent for a long time, and finally sighed deeply.